Obituaries

Obituary: Howard A. Kay

Howard A. Kay, 59, of Pine Cove, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Folsom, Calif. Mr. Kay was born Dec. 29, 1941, in Los Angeles. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy, and had worked for 35 years as a sales manager for W.G.K. Inc. in Orange County. In…

Obituary: Raydean E. Mahler

Raydean E. Mahler, 74, of Irvine and Idyllwild, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001. Mr. Mahler served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and then graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1959 he joined the family business, Surveyors Service Co. of Costa Mesa. He retired as president…

Obituary: James M. McCune

James M. McCune, 56, of Idyllwild died tragically on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, in an accident. Mr. McCune was born Aug. 11, 1945, in Duluth, Minn. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Becky Johnson. He is survived and deeply loved by his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Christopher, Sandy and Connor McCune, all…

Obituary: Marlene Patterson

Marlene Patterson, 62, of Sun City, died in that city Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001 of cancer. Mrs. Patterson and her husband, Joseph, moved to Sun City on May 1 after living in Idyllwild for 10 years. Born June 14, 1939 in Torrance, she was a housewife and had served as copresident of the Idyllwild Lioness…

Obituary: Suzi Taggart

It is with deep sadness and profound regret that we must announce the passing of Suzi Taggart on Aug. 28, 2001. The tragedy of this senseless loss is immeasurably compounded by the knowledge that she took her own life. She was 21 years old. Those of us here on the Hill that had the good…